posted on 2024-06-05, 19:46authored byTheir Finest Hour Project Team
<p dir="ltr">Story 1 - Wartime service with the Commandos</p><p>This is the story of Kenneth Coutts, as told to his daughter Nicola Feast and recorded by her for his 90th Birthday.</p><p>Story 2 - Legal Work on the Adjustment of Liabilities</p><p>Douglas Freeman Coutts was a Registrar of the West London County Court. On the outbreak of war, he was seconded from this work the devise and organize (under Sir Austin Jones) the novel system of adjustment of liabilities which proved of such value during wartime. The effect of these measures, e.g. the Liabilities (War-Time Adjustment) Act 1941, was to postpone debtors' liabilities but not to eliminate them. </p><p>In addition to this work, he was in command of the 179 Anti-Aircraft Z Battery at Dulwich during the period of flying bomb attacks.</p>
1. Kenneth Coutts.
2. Wartime story typed.
3. Wartime diary.
4. Army Attestation form.
5. Troop No2 SS Commando - Kenneth highlighted.
6. Hard bound book giving full records of Kenneth's service.
Person the story/items relate to
Kenneth Thomas Freeman Coutts (father), and Douglas Freeman Coutts (grandfather)
Person who shared the story/items
Nicola Feast
Relationship between the subject of the story and its contributor
They were her Father and Grandfather
Type of submission
Shared at West Meads Community Hall, West Sussex on 11 November 2023. The event was organised by Bognor Regis u3a.